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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i

Be it known that I, JOHN L. ROWE, of the eity end State of New York, have invented, mode, :ind applied to use a. certain new und useful Improvement in Trusses;4 und I do hereby declare the following to lie n. `tnll,

clear, und exact description of the seid invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making perl'. of

this specification, whereiny Figure l iso pian of seid truss with the padding on one Vside removed to show the spring. Figure 2 is o side view ofthe pad with the supporting-plate in section, and i l Figure 3 is e cross-section ofthe spring at the line :v r `Similar marks of reference denote the seme parts. The object of my invention is to give facility for vitrying the position of the` pod in relation te the springs,

und to allow the springs themselves to stand in such a. direction as to accommodate the body oi' the wearer,` and the presure und direction of action of the pad are adjusted to suit cireumstences'. y

In the drawing, a is e metal spring, of such materiel or temper that it maybe bent slightly as muy be necessary to accommodate the shape ofthe person. At one' end of this springis the bock-pad Z1, and o. second spring, c,`

laps upon and extends from the other end, and is seeured thereto by the folding clamping-plate d, the edgesoi' which are folded over` to form a. slide for the spring e, so that it may be drown in or projected to regulate `the pressure, or the 4entire length of the spring a e and e screw muy be insertedto hold the springs a and e end plete d together, orsaid plate may be compressed upon the springs to bind them tightly after they have been adjusted. I ineke use oi' twoA springs, a and e, one passing on each side of the hips,` and e is o strep `to unite them at `the lniek,` contiguous to the pads IJ b. f is the covering of leather or other materiel for the springs a c, which coveringis removed on one side in iig. 1. The springs e e are united together und to the pad-plute g the screw 2, which allows the springs c e to be placed at any angie to each other, or the pod and pla-te et :my :tngleto the springs,

und then tightly secured together. By this arrangement the positienend set of the'pad can be veried, und the springs a c extend around thev person at whatever position may be desired for the ease und comfort of the wearer. The pod h is hinged et l to the pad-plate g, und m is o. screw by which the bottom of the pad ca-n'he thrown in.

' so as Vto apply the pressure to the proper portion ofthe rupture.

What I claim, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is i y i The springs e, connected with und extending from the springs a in the manner specified, in combination with the pad-plete g, to which they are united hy one bolt, in the manner :ind for the pnrposesset forth;

` JOHN L. ll'OWll.

Witnesses GEO. D. WALKER, Cms. II. SMITH. 

